Written by: Guillaume Michels UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR) Communication and Early Education sections teamed up with UNICEF Office of Innovation’s Global Innovation Centre team to build and promote Early Education information, activities and Care Practices for Child Development with the Internet of Good Things (IoGT) mobile service. Children’s […]

The original story was published in Devex on 13 December 2016. Written by Catherine Cheney. View the original article here. An April Facebook post features Felipe Tavares kissing his infant daughter born with microcephaly. In the text, he explains how, ever since his daughter was born with the birth defect linked to […]

By Erica Kochi, Head of UNICEF Futures, Office of Innovation Globally, as people’s use of technology accelerates, new forms of data are becoming available. While private sector organizations have identified ways to strengthen their businesses using online data, the public sector has not fully unlocked its potential. We have a […]

The original story was published in UNICEF Jamaica on 28 October 2016. Written by Tanisea Campbell. To read the original story, click here. Tanisea Campbell shares her insights after testing the Internet of Good Things – a set of free, mobile-ready web-based resources and applications that bring good to life and education to […]

PRESS RELEASE UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon engages with young people in Myanmar on peace and reconciliation Nay Pyi Taw, 31 August 2016 – Ahead of his attendance at the 21st Century Panglong Conference and high level meetings, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reached out to young people from […]

Hi there UNICEFStories Readers. This was a busy month. In case you missed our latest blogs, here’s a recap of some of the top stories published on UNICEF Innovation’s blog during August. Click away: UNICEF awarded by CIO 100 for game-changing innovations UNICEF was honored at the 29th CIO 100 Symposium […]

Facebook highlights UNICEF for successfully integrating U-Report on Facebook Messenger. UNICEF’s bots for U-Report allows young people from around the world to participate in a social movement that amplifies their voices helping create positive political and social change. Through Messenger, U-Reporters can respond to weekly questions on a range of issues that affect […]

The original article was published on News Week on 11 August 2016. Written by Lucy Westcott. To read complete article, click here. Bullying is a pervasive problem for young people in nine-tenths of communities studied, and physical appearance is cited as the main reason for bullying, according to a new survey. Released to […]

PRESS RELEASE On International Youth Day, a new poll highlights prevalence of bullying and its devastating impact on young people NEW YORK, 12 August 2016: More than nine out of 10 young people believe bullying is a pervasive problem in their communities, and two-thirds say they have experienced bullying first hand […]

By María Luisa Sotomayor, UNICEF Consultant, U-Report Chile Coordinator Twitter: @mlsotomayor In December 2014, we set ourselves to pilot U-Report in Chile, both through SMS and Twitter. In a previous blog post, we shared with you the top 10 things we learned about U-Report before going live. We picked up information […]

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